Rule-takers and rule-makers: why TBTs are so crucial to Brexit

Abstract

At the heart of the wrangling over Brexit is the question of how much regulatory autonomy the UK is prepared to concede in exchange for access to the Single Market. It is these technical barriers to trade (TBTs) that inhibit countries from exporting to each other. Hayden Goudy and Elisa Kempe (LSE) set out what the UK can realistically hope for and predict the EU is unlikely to want (or need) to compromise on its negotiating line.